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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
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Cartwright, Edmund (English inventor & theologian)
Caruso, Enrico (Italian musician)
Carver, George Washington (Inventor / Botanist)
Carver, John (English-American statesman/stateswoman)
Casals, Pablo (Classical Artist)
Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo (Italian explorer & writer)
Casement, Roger David, Sir (Irish reformer & politician)
Cash, John (Country Musician / Country Singer / Songwriter)
Caslon, William (English graphic artist)
Caspar (One of the three Magi)
Cass, Lewis (American statesman/stateswoman)
Cassini, Oleg (American fashion designer)
Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius (Ancient Roman statesman/stateswoman & writer)
Cassius Longinus, Gaius (Roman general and politician)
Castagno, Andrea del (Italian painter)
Castiglione, Baldassare, Count (Italian military leader, writer & statesman/stateswoman)
Castilho, Antonio Feliciano de (Portuguese author and translator)
Castle, Vernon Blythe (English-American dancer)
Castlereagh, Viscount (English statesman/stateswoman)
Castro, Cipriano (Venezuelan president)
Castro, Fidel (Political Leader)
Castro, Raúl (Political Figure)
Catesby, Robert (English conspirator)
Catherine de Médicis (French queen)
Catherine I (Russian czarina)
Catherine II (Russian czarina)
Catherine of Braganza (English royalty)
Catiline (Ancient Roman statesman/stateswoman)
Catlin, George (American pioneer & artist)
Cato, Marcus Porcius (Ancient Roman statesman/stateswoman)
Cato, Marcus Porcius (Ancient Roman statesman/stateswoman & philosopher)
Catt, Carrie (Lane) Chapman (American sociologist & politician)
Catton, (Charles) Bruce (American historian)
Catullus, Gaius Valerius (Ancient Roman poet)
Cauchy, Augustin Louis, Baron (French mathematician)
Cavell, Edith Louisa (English physician)
Cavendish, Henry (English physicist & chemist)
Cavour, Camillo Benso di, Conte (Italian statesman/stateswoman)
Caxias, Duke of (President of Brazil / Political Leader)
Caxton, William (English printer)
Ceausescu, Nicolae (Romanian statesman/stateswoman)
Cech, Thomas Robert (American microbiologist)
Cecil, (Edgar Algernon) Robert (English statesman/stateswoman)
Cecil, Robert (English statesman)